Re: Recycling of dryer heat

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From: John Langdon
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1993 23:32

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> >Does anyone have a suggestion to reclaim some of this heat and humidity to
> the
> >back inside of the home while not getting the "lint" from the dryer in the
> >process?  I know here in the Northeast home owners spend hundreds of dollars
> a
> >month to heat and humidify homes through the winter months.  It seems an
> awful
> >waste to be just throwing this energy outside and then heating and
> humidifying
> >more air to make the inside of our homes comfortable.

Just a guess, but could the dryer vent duct be run through the house (e.g.
within a wall or crawl space) to dump its heat before it reaches the outside? I
know most dryers are hooked to a passage directly through the wall to be as
short as possible, but that arrangement is not essential.


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